Mr. Teh Heng Chong was appointed to our Board as an Executive Director and the Chief Executive Officer on 4 March 2019.
He graduated with a Bachelor’s in Economics from the University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, in 1995.
He has over 26 years’ extensive experience in the real estate industry and was the Marketing Director of UOA Development Berhad from February 2017 to January 2019. He was the Chief Marketing Officer of our Group in 2016 and the Chief Operating Officer (Marketing) of Mah Sing Group Berhad from 2009 to 2015. Prior to 2009, he held various positions in various companies.
He is currently serving as a director of our Group and is also a director of Avaland Holdings Berhad, a non-listed public company.
Save for the above, he does not hold any other directorship in public companies and listed issuers in Malaysia.
Mr. Aw Sei Cheh was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of our Group on 1 June 2022.
He obtained a dual award Master of Business Administration from Lancaster University and Sunway University in 2016 and earned his Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Building (Contract Management) from Liverpool John Moores University in 2004.
A stalwart in the property industry, he brings a wealth of experience to his role with more than 18 years in the property development and construction sector.
He has managed projects in China, Singapore, Vietnam, Australia and Malaysia and his last position prior to joining our Group was as Chief Operating Officer at Gamuda Land Sdn. Bhd. Prior to that, he held various positions within large property developers such as Sunway Berhad and Sunrise Berhad.
He does not hold any directorship in public companies and listed issuers in Malaysia.
Mr. Chee Kok Keong was appointed as the Deputy Chief Operating Officer of our Group on 15 March 2023.
He earned a Master of Business Administration from Anglia Ruskin University in 2017 and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing from The Chartered Institute of Marketing Malaysia.
He is a versatile leader in the real estate industry and his professional skills encompass sales & marketing, product development, business development and management.
He has more than 25 years of experience which includes the role of General Manager for Sales & Marketing with listed property developers like Hap Seng Consolidated Berhad and OSK Property. Prior to that, he held a sales and marketing position with Mah Sing Group Berhad.
He does not hold any directorship in public companies and listed issuers in Malaysia.
Ms. Susan Jacob Secreto has been with our Group since 2019 as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and has 28 solid years of finance related work experience in the real estate industry under her belt.
Prior to joining our Group, she held key positions across the various business units in Ayala Land in the Philippines as follows: CFO, Ayala Land Offices (commercial office leasing unit); CFO, Avida Land Corp. and subsidiaries (affordable residential property development unit); CFO, Amaia Land Corporation (economic housing development unit); and CFO, Ayala Property Management Corporation (property and facilities management unit).
A Certified Public Accountant, she passed the Philippine licensure exams in 1994 and has earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree, majoring in Accounting from the University of the City of Manila (Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila).
She is currently serving as a director of our Group and is also a director of Avaland Holdings Berhad, a non-listed public company.
Save for the above, she does not hold any other directorship in public companies and listed issuers in Malaysia.
Ms. Shirley Leong Lee Chuin was appointed as the Deputy Chief Financial Officer of our Group on 9 November 2022.
She is a Chartered Accountant by profession and she is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountant (CIMA), the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and the Chartered Global Management Accountants (CGMA).
Prior to joining our Group, she was the Chief Operating Officer of Quill Group of Companies overseeing the retail mall, automotive, healthcare and investment properties. She is an experienced financial professional who has more than 25 years of experience in Financial Accounting, Project Financing, Debt & Equity Capital Funding, Corporate and Debt Restructuring and Group Treasury Cash Management and Information Technology in various sectors such as property development, investment property, retail malls and hospitality.
She has also worked in in few other major listed companies such as Road Builder’s Group, Sunsuria Berhad and Tropicana Corporation Berhad.
She does not hold any directorship in public companies and listed issuers in Malaysia.